Shoe-lace fastener.



No. 66|,768. Patented N ov. I3, 1900.

w. A. PARKINSON.

SHOE LACE FASTENER.

. (Application filed mines, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WlTNESSES:

INVENTOR %.%w fld ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PARKINSON, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

sHoE-LAcE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Iva-661,768, dated November 13, 1900.

Application filed March 22, 1900. serial No. 9.701. No model.) 7

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. PARKIN- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Fasteners, of which the following, taken in, connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a device which is designed to be attached to the upper of a shoe to receive the ends of the lace and prevent the same from becoming untied.

The object of the invention is to provide a lace-fastener which can be readily attached to the shoe and shall be simple, strong, and durable in construction, also efficient in its operation, and at the same time inexpensive in its manufacture.

The invention consists, essentially, of a fas tening device comprising a base-plate attached to the shoe or other article and provided with a fixed jaw, a movable member connected to said plate and provided with a jaw facing said fixed jaw and with projections, said projections and jaws receiving the lace and the movable member actuated. by the draft of the lace, whereby said jawsare caused to grip the lace,as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a portion of a shoe, illustrating my improved lace-fastener. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail face view of the fastener with its gripping-jaws closed. Fig. 3 is also a face view showing the jaws open and the lace removed. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on line X X in Fig. 3 viewed toward the right. Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the same line viewed in the opposite direction; and Figs. 6 and 7 are detail face views of the baseplate and movable member, respectively.

Referring to the drawings, A denotes the base-plate, which may be of any suitable shape, preferably annular, and is formed at its edge with perforated ears aa, by which: it is attached to the upper B of the shoe. On the face of said plate A and near the edge thereof is formed a fixed jaw 19, which consists of a projection having a beveled face, and atthe central portion of the face of said plate is formed an upwardly-extending tongue 0.

C denotes the movable member, which consists of a segmental bar which is formed at its central portion with a downwardly-projecting ear (1, entering between the aforesaid tongue 0 and the base-plate A, and through said parts passes a pin e, whereby said bar is pivoted to be turned on the plate. One end portion of said pivoted bar 0, is formed with a downwardly-hooked projection f, and the other end portion thereof is bent outwardly,

. thus forming a jaw g, and terminates with a downwardly-extending hook h, said latter jaw having its face parallel to and facing the aforesaid fixed jaw b on the base-plate, and at the central portion of the bar 0 is formed an upwardly-hooked projection 7:.

D represents the shoe-lace, which is applied to the shoe in the usual and well-known manner, and after the same has been tied the ends are drawn tightly under the downwardlyhooked projection f and then over the upwardly-hooked projection i. The lace is then passed under the hook it and between the jaws g and b. WVhen the lace is thus engaged, the draft of said lace on the projections f and '0' turns the pivoted bar 0, whereby its jaw g is brought into engagement with the fixed jaw b, and thus the lace is gripped and securely fastened.

Whilemy described device is particularly adapted forfastening shoe-laces, yet it will be observed that by constructingthe same on a larger scale it can be used for a great many purposes where ropes and cords are employed and are required to be held securely.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. In a lace-fastener for shoes and analogous articles, the combination with a baseplate attached to the article and provided with a fixed jaw, a member pivoted 011 said plate and provided with a jaw facing the fixed jaw and with hooked projections, the lace engaging said projections and passingbetweeu said jaws, and by its draft actuating saidpivoted mem her to cause the jaws to grip the lace substantially as set forth.

2. In a lace-fastener for shoes and analogous articles, the combination with a baseplate attached to the article and formed on its face with a fixed jaw, a segmental bar pivoted to said plate and formed at one end with a jaw facing the fixed jaw and with hooked projections, the lace engaging said projections and passing between said jaws, and by its draft actuating said bar to cause said jaws to grip the lace substantially as set forth.

3. In a lace-fastener for shoes and analogous articles, the combination with a baseplate attached to the article and formed on f its face with an inclined fixed jaw, a segmental bar pivoted to said plate and formed at one end. with a corresponding jaw facing the fixed jaw, and at its other end with a downwardly-hooked projection, and at its intermediate portion with an upwardlyhooked pro-.

. jection, the lace engaging said'projectionsand passing between said jaws and by its draft actuating bar to cause the jaws to grip the lace substantially as set .forth.

4:. In a lace-fastener for shoes and analogous articles, the combination with a baseplate attached to the article and formed on its face with an inclined fixed jaw and with a tongue rising therefrom, a segmental bar formed at its central portion with an ear by which it'is pivoted between said tongue and plate, one end of said bar being formed with a jaw corresponding to and facing the aforesaid fixed jaw and at its other end with a downwardly-hooked projection, and at its central portion with an upwardly-hooked projection, the lace engaging said projections and passing between said jaws and by its draft actuating said bar to cause said jaws to grip the lace substantially as set forth.

5. In a lace-fastenerfor shoes and analogous articles, the combination with a base plate attached to the article and formed on its face with a fixed jaw, a segmental bar piv oted to said plate and formed at one end por-' 'tion with a jaw facing the fixed jaw and-tel" minating with a downwardly-extending hook, the other end portion of said bar being formed with a similar hook and the central-portion formed with an upwardly-extending hook, the lace engaging said hooks andpassing between said jaws and by its draft actuating said bar to cause the jaws to grip, the lace substantially as set forth. 1 I

- WILLIAM A. PARKINSON. Witnesses:

J. J. LAASS,

B. SMITH. 

